I have had dreams of women I’ve never met,
usually not erotic, sometimes romantic.
And I often wonder about these dreamworld
encounters.

Are these women real or imaginary?
Have our dreams intersected and is she is
real as I am?
Is she a netherworld soulmate briefly making
contact as a prelude to our love in a heavenly ever after?

I like the fanciful idea of permanent love I never
found in this life blossoming in the afterlife
in a fairy tale happy ever after eternally.

But, of course, that is probably the wild imaginings
of what might be a lonely old man, though I try
not to think of myself as lonely, as active and
engage in learning and writing as I am.

And it is my hope that when I die, mysteries like
what are these women in my dreams about
will be revealed to me, the puzzle solved.

Bob Boyd